Balanced Thinking
An Educational Perspective for 2000+ on the Basis of a Cross-cultural German/Japanese Study
Published on 29. March 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
206 pages
978-3-631-35139-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book, initiated by a comparative empirical study on ways of thinking in samples of German and Japanese students, picks up the old question of decision-making between contradicting needs. It analyses - stimulated by striking differences found in the way how the two populations treated the «contradiction problem» - the general problem of contradiction on the background of a «polarity approach» to life. On this background either/or decisions, although possibly scientifically correct and pushed forward under time pressure, may not be appropriate to the actual situation of life and thus be «wrong». Either/or, neither/nor, and even as-well-as reactions should be regarded as relevant in contradictory situations. This free option is called Balanced Thinking.
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Persons
The Authors: Gerhard Schaefer is emerited professor of the university of Hamburg and presently referee for educational matters in GDNÄ. He studied mathematics, physics and biology at the university of Marburg and moved over to education, being a teacher first on the secondary, later on the tertiary level over 45 years. He was president of GfÖ 1979, VDBiol 1993-96 and chairman of IUBS-CBE 1984-92. His main research field is «concept formation in science education».
Ryoei Yoshioka is head of Educational Information Systems, Centre for Educational Resources in the National Institute for Educational Research of Japan (NIER). He studied science education at the university of Tsukuba. He is a director in the Japanese Society of Science Education. His main research field is science education and educational information.
Ryoei Yoshioka is head of Educational Information Systems, Centre for Educational Resources in the National Institute for Educational Research of Japan (NIER). He studied science education at the university of Tsukuba. He is a director in the Japanese Society of Science Education. His main research field is science education and educational information.
Content
Contents: Balanced thinking - Balanced attitude - Polarity of life - Polarities of thinking - Point between - Contradiction problem - Me (ego) - TIMSS - Free associations - Free definitions - Aspectizing test - Multiple-choice - Semantic differential.